Jan 22-26: 2025 Newcomers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This week I viewed 10 games with varsity and JV games.&nbsp;The varsity games I viewed were on Monday I watched the&nbsp;<strong>Buckeye Hawks&nbsp;</strong>defeat<strong>&nbsp;Washington Rams 82-53.</strong>&nbsp;Tuesday I watched&nbsp;<strong>St. Mary's Knights&nbsp;</strong>defeat&nbsp;<strong>Mesquite Wildcats</strong>&nbsp;<strong>75-73</strong>. Wednesday I watched&nbsp;<strong>Cactus Shadows Falcons&nbsp;</strong>defeat<strong>&nbsp;McClintock Chargers</strong>&nbsp;<strong>55-49</strong>.&nbsp;Thursday I watched&nbsp;<strong>Cesar Chavez Champions</strong>&nbsp;defeat&nbsp;<strong>Shadow Ridge Stallions 84-47</strong>&nbsp;and finally Friday I watched&nbsp;<strong>Valley Christian Trojans</strong>&nbsp;defeat&nbsp;<strong>Ben Franklin Chargers 90-35.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Here were the junior newcomers from the week</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2331632' first='Dane' last='Milinovic'] Cactus Shadows (Pictured)&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A long wing defender is a classic 3 and D type. He will catch and shoot from the three point line and defends his position. He can block shots and move his feet on defense. He can also score on floaters and has an easy FT stroke.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2331633' first='Carter' last='Brown'] Cactus Shadows</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A thicker framed junior power forward is wide, skilled and strong. He cleans up a lot on the glass and he is a very strong two-handed rebounder. He will score on drop steps and rise up and score over the defender. He is very reliable and hard to move.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2331628' first='Kelby' last='Clark'] McClintock</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Their top dog on JV plays some on varsity. He is a super fast guard with a real burst. He can euro step, hit the catch three and speed drives to the rim. He also threaded the needle a few times to make plays.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2331631' first='Zaymarion' last='Viney'] McClintock</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A fast end to end point guard who is hyper athletic. He will blow by his defender and make the pass. He will whip it right into his teammates shooting pocket. He will makes the occasional three but prefers to drive it using his track like speed.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2331630' first='Dylan' last='Rogers'] McClintock</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A scoring guard brings good energy and is sneaky athletic to rebound.&nbsp;He scores in transition, he will dribble drive and rattle in triples off the catch when he sets his feet.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2331629' first='Jaxon' last='Knutson'] McClintock&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A thicker framed power forward, who also happens to be the star QB. He is a good passer, as a QB would be, and is a quicker second jumper to score on put backs. He is a physical rebounder using his girth and strength and look for him to possibly start next year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2329537' first='Derrieon' last='Goode'] Buckeye&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A diminutive PG is super shifty and fast. He will put his foot down and blow by with layups. He cuts when he should and has the floater game. The ball is on a string for him and he is a good passer and a tough on-ball defender.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2329538' first='Trevor' last='Stanton'] Washington</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The sniper of the team is definitely Stanton. He will rattle them off from the stripe one by one off the catch. He has a super quick release and squares up with range.  He has made 75 from long distance at an impressive 43% clip. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->